11 occurrences

'Lay' in the Bible

Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsBeheadingWalking All NightBeds

David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutAdulteress ExamplesImmorality, Examples Of SexualMinistry, Qualifications ForSleep, PhysicalExtra Marital Sex ExamplesPurifying OneselfIndividuals going home

but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.

Verse ConceptsCups, Literal UseNoting What Animals EatPossessing SheepPets

David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;

Verse ConceptsOne FleshComfort, Of FriendsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenThe Promise Of A Baby

Jonadab said to him, "Lay down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.'"

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestPretendingSick Individuals

So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand."

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitCakesPretendingSick Individuals

However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofRape

Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

Verse ConceptsMourningThose Who Tore Clothes

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialPeople ProvidingWealthy People

Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessComing To RestCovered With BloodTragedy On The StreetsCorpses Of Other People

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